Architecture and design exhibitions not to be missed in 2025
As the end of the year is approaching, here are some notes on design and architecture exhibitions to see in 2025: from Italy to the United States, through Northern Europe and Japan.
The 10 tiny houses of 2024
From micro-apartments in the city to prefabricated houses by Ikea or Elon Musk, a selection of projects that are trying to tackle today's housing crisis.
11 new bivouacs in the Alps
Bivouacs embody the quintessence of essential living and experimentation, with shapes that emancipate themselves from picturesque imitations of traditional structures.
21 Brutalist buildings from around the world you should know about
The Brutalist movement tells at different latitudes of the spirit of rebirth of the post-war period, of the desire to refound a functional and unashamedly antigraceful architecture in defiance of fashion, imbued with social responsibility.
Exploring the real Macondo: here is the town that inspired 100 Years of Solitude
Aracataca, the real-world inspiration behind Gabriel García Márquez’s fictional universe, differs significantly from Netflix’s new series — a portrayal that ultimately brings no benefit to the town itself.
A new house in historic Basel, inspired by Adolf Loos
Brandenberger Kloter Architekten replaced an old garage with a house dominated by the spirit of Raumplan, a visual continuity that connects interior spaces with each other and with the surrounding nature.
A micro-house evolves with the seasons, immersed in Chilean nature
Catalejo, Tololo Ugarte's spyglass micro-house, is an architectural experiment that invites us to reflect on our relationship with nature, seeking new forms of dialogue with a changing landscape.
The most anticipated buildings of 2025
New museums, works that will change Milan and Rome forever, and new towers: the architectures we expect to see completed by the end of next year are associated with great names, from Jean Nouvel to OMA, from Gehry to BIG.
A 19th-century Australian house reborn thanks to a simple design move
Trower Falvo Architects worked with hybrid spaces and a toned language of brick, steel and porcelain for the extension of a former art hotel with Tudor Revival details.
An electronic music performance in the church by Gardella and Ferrieri
The composer Neuf Voix will debut a work of concrète music and showcase his newly-designed sound diffusion system in the late Sixties Milanese modernist landmark.
The best renovations of 2024
Reuse of architecture is a shared value, as a selection of projects published this year can tell us, including symbols reborn, large stations, small clubs, museums, houses and, predictably, a lot of Paris.
Aerodream, the spectacular history of inflatables
Art sets the pace and architecture follows
Frederic Migayrou, curator of the exhibition “Aerodream” at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, tells us the aesthetic and social evolution of these majestic inflatable structures, from Second World War until today.
Farewell to Le Vele di Scampia, “a symbol of failed modernism”
Tobias Zielony's photographs, taken fifteen years ago, reveal the social and physical environment of a controversial architectural complex that is now being demolished.
A peninsula house in Brazil
Enriched by an extension – and a change of program – during the pandemic, a house in Nova Lima offers a solid concrete and steel front to the street, then opens onto a bright garden.